Handful of Sparkles

annfriedman: “I have to say, 14 years later, it’s still a...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:57:55 -0400

“I have to say, 14 years later, it’s still a pretty useful list of phony-baloney vocabulary that editors are well-advised to excise from stories.”

Oh god, I’m a repeat offender on a few of these…

Can’t say why, but I can’t get this song out of my...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:33:15 -0400

Can’t say why, but I can’t get this song out of my head. I wonder how many listens I can rack up while web-siting all night…?

Fool-Proof Ways to Deal with Massive Stress:

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:06:20 -0400

Eat creamcheese frosting and listen to Jason Anderson.

"Abortion seems to be the only medical procedure that people want to deny you based on how you got in..."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:58:32 -0400

“

Abortion seems to be the only medical procedure that people want to deny you based on how you got in that situation.

Drove drunk, got in an accident and need an organ transplant? No problem.

Messing around with a gun, accidentally shoot yourself in the leg and need surgery? Of course.

Smoke tobacco for most of your life and need treatment for lung cancer? Yep.

Climb a tree, fall out and break your leg? We’ll fix that right up.

Have sex and get pregnant when you don’t want to be? YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO THIS SITUATION AND YOU DESERVE NO MEDICAL HELP OR COMPASSION! THIS IS YOUR FAULT AND YOU WILL DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES!

”

- Worry About Your Own Uterus: (via ceedling)
Yeep

CuseNation

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:41:45 -0400

CuseNation:

A piece I wrote about watching the SU game this weekend that fails to mention sneaking into the Sheraton pool, setting off fireworks, or drunk emailing my family (sorry, guys)

timestreaming: It’s a long story but I made a comment about...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:53:03 -0400

timestreaming:

It’s a long story but I made a comment about this being a good picture for a new indie band called GlitterKittenz, and made the thing — only to forget about it completely, realize someone else was on top of their shit and posted a funny one already. Oh well, this one goes to the blog.

Jillian, this one’s for you. And your band. Of course.

MY HAPPINESS LEVELS ARE OFF THE CHARTS!!!!

Palm of Your Hand — Ingrid Michaelson. When staying up...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:47:07 -0400

Palm of Your Hand — Ingrid Michaelson. When staying up all night to write an article, you need a good sound track. I’m hopelessly in love with this song at the moment <3

Writing this paper right now has got my goat, except, clearly, it really hasn't

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:13:44 -0400

Writing this paper right now has got my goat, except, clearly, it really hasn't

"I think journalism schools should have workshops for young female reporters on managing old men who..."

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:48:07 -0500

““I think journalism schools should have workshops for young female reporters on managing old men who have no game and think, because you’re listening to them intently and probing what they think and feel, that you’re romantically interested, rather than conducting an interview,” says Garance Franke-Ruta, a senior editor at The Atlantic. “Every female reporter I know has had this issue at one time or another.””

- The Psycho-Sexual Ordeal of Reporting in Washington

Why yes, yes I am currently obsessed with this song.

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:27:28 -0500

Why yes, yes I am currently obsessed with this song.

Photo

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:22:18 -0500

“And I promise you, I’m doing the best I...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:11:14 -0500

“And I promise you, I’m doing the best I can.”

Beautiful, stressful, exciting day <3

Well, shit.

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:44:57 -0500

True love is when someone cleans your horrifyingly messy room for you while you’re at class.

Right now

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:54:05 -0500

Campus at 3 a.m. Light sparkle-flaked snowfall. Someone who loves you enough to come pick you up. Sleep-deprived joy. Everything is quiet and beautiful.

Mornin

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:35:58 -0500

On the walk to campus this morning I waited at the crosswalk with a girl with braces and that made me sad for her. But then I noticed that she had eyelashes so long that whole snowflakes were getting stuck on them. And that made me sad for me.

annfriedman: “A younger woman who works in media recently wrote...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:59:53 -0500

annfriedman:

“A younger woman who works in media recently wrote to me, “How did you build up a thick skin? Something I’ve always struggled with is not taking things personally and getting upset when people say things that hurt me — in comments, on Twitter, etc.” I explained to her that I have a hierarchy of haters. High-order haters are those who really know how to hurt you; they may have real power or influence in your social or professional world. These are the folks you might consider responding to, or otherwise defending yourself against. Low-level haters are usually people of little professional or social consequence to you. These are the folks who call you fat and ugly because they disagree with your views on, say, the federal debt. The lower a hater is on the pyramid, the more likely it is that the best response is to ignore him — while taking pride in the knowledge that, wherever the hater falls in this hierarchy, his or her very existence means you’re succeeding in having an impact. If you’ve got confidence in your skills — plus a support system of friends and colleagues who are there to back you up — haters can be marginalized.”

Haters Gonna Hate. What’s a Woman to Do About It? - NYmag.com / The Cut

Yes. Watch the video the article links to at the end—THE BEST

Essentials

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:09:37 -0500

I know I’ve found a winner when he also doesn’t think sharing the same toothbrush is gross.

Le Orange: Junior's Chilean Boyfriend From Fall Semester Admits To Cheating With Spring Semester Version Of Her

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:21:34 -0500

Le Orange: Junior's Chilean Boyfriend From Fall Semester Admits To Cheating With Spring Semester Version Of Her:

leorange:

Junior Meredith Quail was shocked today to learn that the Chilean boyfriend whom she met abroad in the fall has cheated on her with former friend Elizabeth Steams.

The boyfriend, Enrico Torday, admitted to her on Skype that he was attracted to Steams because “She reminded me of you last fall this…

El oh el

“And I am not okay, boys. No, I am not okay.” Okay,...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:55:08 -0500

“And I am not okay, boys. No, I am not okay.”

Okay, so yes, actually, I am okay. But still confused, and more than a little annoyed.

SOMEBODY’S SUBTUMBLRING! (Oy, I’ve regressed into an angsty high schooler.)

"Cause they tell me a man is just the sum of his parts. Well I’m body and blood and a terrible..."

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:53:20 -0500

“Cause they tell me a man is just the sum of his parts.
Well I’m body and blood and a terrible heart
And it all adds up to every different person I’ve been.”

- Bloodshot, Aunt Martha